Folding and tent bed



July 31, 1923. 1,463,267

R. B. HOSNER FOLDING AND TENT BED Filed July 21 1921 WITNESS INVENT'OR4%. KWZ. 2%

5414 TTORNE YS Patented July 31, 1923.

RALPH B. HOSNER, or lsAn FRANGIS'CO, CALIFORNIA FOLDING nn TENT BED.

Application filed July 21, 1921. Serial no. 43 ,453.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH B. Hosnnn, a citizen of the United States, anda'resid'ent of the city and county of San Francisco, State ofCalifornia, haveinvented a new and useful Folding and Tent Bed, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed structures and more particularly, toportable, folding bed frames and tent beds.

It is an object olf' th'is invention to provide .a bed frame composed ofinexpensive material of light pattern to enable the mannfacture of thebed at least cost. A further object is to provide for the folding of theframe into 'a pack of such size that it may be conveniently disposed inthe seat space of an automobile. 1

Another object is to provide a firm joint structure between meeting endsof'rail sections, and to provide athree-se'ctiojn frame that can hefolded to a thickness of buttwo sections- It is also an object toprovide a bed having means for holding attachable corner posts of a tentin an upright position.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some ofwhich, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the followingdescription of the preferred form of the invention, which is illustratedin the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. Itis to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention tothe embodiment shown by the said drawings and description, as variationsmay be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in theclaims.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the erected bed, showing a tent, insection, supported on poles attached to the bed frame.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the extended bed.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3, and

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the joint betweeen theintermediate section and one end section.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the attaching means connecting a pole to aleg of the frame.

The structure of the present invention consists of a collapsible bed ofjointed frame sections and which bed dis provided with means to rigidlysupport a set of tent poles in upright position and without the requirement of any manipulation and use o'fs sepa' rate or detached fasteningdevices.

For convenience the bed will he i i as having a head section 2,consisting of};

piece of angle-iron bent to U-shape irrpian ,1 1 and braced at 2*; anintermediate: sectiqn consisting of a pair of parallel rails and a footsection 4, of a 'p'iece of anglel'ron'U-shape inplan.

, 05 The head section 2', is narrower thanfthie T intermediate sectionwhich overlaps,

pivoted to, the head section at 5-' 5',rs o that the latter may fold inunderneath "of t'op {flanges Qfthesitle rails 3-3. VVh'en the head isfully extended, its topilanges butt the rails as at 6-6, thus forming"a'kn uckl'e joint. The intermediates'ection has a cross brace 3 withupturned ends '7-7, and legs -8". 8,'

diate section rails 33, so that the section 4, may be folded parallelto, but not Within,

the side rails 3-3. This is permitted by a form of knuckle joint inwhich pivot pins 1 12, connecting the intermediate and foot sections,have their axes in the plane of'the j bottom edges of the extendedrails. The top flanges of the extended bed sections 3 and i 4, abut asat 13.

A preferred form of joint is had by at taching, as'to each rail 3, a lapplate-14, in the plane of the rail-fiange 4 of section 4,

and attaching to the sides of saidflange4,-v

a pair of parallel plates 15, which project endwise therefrom to form apocket to take.

the male plate ,14. The contiguous ends of the plates 14 and 15, areoffset or projected as at 16, to bring the pivot pin 12, into the planeof the .bottom edges of the flanges. It will be seen that the pin 12,issupported at its ends in the spaced plates 15, between which the plate14, is guided and laterally supported.

The three se tions 2, 3 and 4, of. the bed.

75 which take much of the hardened-of the j can be compactly arranged byfolding the section 2, into the section 3, and then folding the section4, on its pivots 12, closely parallel and opposite to the side flangesof the section 3, so that the folded frames have the total thickness ofonly sections 3 and 4, one on the other.

In the sides of the outer ends of sections 2 and 3, are provided pivots20, on the inner. ends of which are hung legs 21, which are diagonallybraced, in end pairs, as at 22. The intermediate pair of legs 8 and theend pairsof legs 21, are foldable within the side flange of theirrespective sections and, when set up, are braced by knuckle jointedlinks 23. I This bed frame has the further purpose of serving as asupport for posts 25, over 7 which may be draped a tent 26. To obviatethe use of any extraneous fastenings to attach the posts, the topflanges of the frame are perforated in the angles, as at 27, thusforming a hole into which a pole can be readily slipped. To maintain thepole in a nearly vertical position, but inclined outwardly at the top,each pole has a headed pin 28, in its lower end to enter a fixed keeper29, at the foot of each leg.

This keeper consists of a plate having a vertical slot open at the lowerend so that if the leg is lifted slightly, the keeper can then belowered over the pin at the foot of the pole. vTo hold the polesinclined outwardly the keepers are set inwardly to one side of avertical line through the socket hole 27. The weakened corners of thebed sections are re-enforced by diagonal braces 2 hen the tent has beenapplied to the pole tips, the side walls of the tent hang well outbeyond the bed frame owing to the inclination of the poles. Thiseliminates water seeping through the canvas as occurs from contact ofobjects with the inner sur face of wet canvas. The poles at the head endof the bed may be sectional and have slip joints 25 to facilitatepacking thepoles within the length of the folded bed structure.

What is claimed is:

1. In a tent bed structure, a frame having at its corners sockets toreceive tent poles, and legs for supporting the corners of the frame andprovided with fixed slotted parts for passing down over and engaging aheaded pin at the lower endofeach pole.

2. A tent bed, comprising a bed frame of angle-iron structure havingsockets in the form of holes in the top flanges of the frame and intoeach of which a tent pole may be inserted, and legs having keepersadapted to interlock with complementary parts on the lower ends of thetent portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. 7

RALPH B. HOSNER.

